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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

pumpkin season

We've had a spectacular autumn here in Chicago. Walking around campus has been beautiful.

Chicago autumns don't usual have as much flash and color as places like Door County or the North Shore of Lake Superior, but this has been a good year.

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The fruits of our labor at a pumpkin carving party
last weekend -- mine is the smirking Jack O' Lantern second from the
right. Some people got really fancy, but I like to wing it!

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in the kitchen

Comfort food and autumnal spices are just the ticket with our cool temperatures here in Chicago. Chicken Fennel Lemon Rice Soup is simmering away in my crockpot as I type, and we've been munching on some yummy pumpkin cookies for the last few days.

the recipe sounds wonderful...I'll give it a try...the Door County pics - super.My family lives in Door County and way out here in California I think of it often - my husband is sick of hearing about it...thank you for the pictures, hopefully one day - I'll visit again